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as in naive
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
a wide-eyed and trusting child
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as in susceptible
readily taken advantage of
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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Recent Examples of wide-eyed
One afternoon here in spring training, Lee sits at his locker in the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse, still a little wide-eyed at how all this has worked out.
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Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
In the present, the question of Cynthia’s innocence and reliability as a narrator is conveyed through Moore’s cagey, wide-eyed performance.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
The gas model is more wide-eyed and has a sleek open grille; the electric has slatted LED headlights and a flat panel front face with slender lower air vents.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
After all, worth a few HUFs, that stuff, said one of us
alive and well, his childhood staring
wide-eyed straight at me.
—Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025
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Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
In the present, the question of Cynthia’s innocence and reliability as a narrator is conveyed through Moore’s cagey, wide-eyed performance.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
The gas model is more wide-eyed and has a sleek open grille; the electric has slatted LED headlights and a flat panel front face with slender lower air vents.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
After all, worth a few HUFs, that stuff, said one of us
alive and well, his childhood staring
wide-eyed straight at me.
—Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wide-eyed
Adjective
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She's got a squeaky clean image and is a little bit naive.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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With Back on My Feet, people called me naive, and a pollyanna.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The monounsaturated fat makes canola less susceptible to oxidation, Kane adds.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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People with blue or light-colored eyes are more susceptible to photophobia than people with brown or dark-colored eyes.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Man Who Killed Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox's Roommate in Italy, Is Freed from Prison Still, despite being declared innocent and freed, Knox says she was never allowed to fully live her life again.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the final moments of last week’s episode, Hector Ayala, aka the hero White Tiger, was found innocent in his trial against the NYPD then shot and killed on the street by an unknown murderer.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes this issue can be due to an overloaded or unbalanced load of laundry, which is relatively easy to fix by removing excess laundry or repositioning the laundry to balance the load.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Mar. 2025
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With a stainless steel construction and comfortable handle, this tool is durable, easy to use and versatile enough to work on nearly any type of fur.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Martha Stewart and Mila Kunis carried ones that looked like this simple option.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Murena Pixel Tablet Apps Switching away from Google's flavor of Android will always result in an app gap, and there's no simple way around it.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wide-eyed. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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